Illuminated ornament



Ap il 6, 1948. M. MARCHAND ILLUMIATED ORNAMENT Filed sept. 25, 194e VINVENTOR. M/CH'lll-' MARCHA A NORA/Y Patented Apr. 6, 1948 :PATEN T OFfFffI'C ILLUMINATED ORNAMENT 'Michelle Marchand, Flushing, N. Y.

` .fAppiicationSeptemher 25, 1946,1,Serial No- 699.312.

1 Claim.

The Apresent inventionrelates to highly `and :richly ,.necorativeV.ornaments fand more fparticularly .to ,a self-contained Aelectricallyilluminated ornament rfor wedding. cakes Irwhich, when i it [has servedits purpose, may again be used as a g.

souvenir or a night or boudoir lamp.

An object of the invention is to provide a small, inexpensive and highlydecorative portable ornament for wedding cakes comprising a containercapable of housing suitable storage Ibatteries and supporting a bridalwreath as well as a nuptial couple and a miniature lamp supplied withelectrioal energy from said batteries whereby the rays of light fromsaid lamp add greatly to the attractiveness of the ornament, all ofwhich while having a fragile appearance will yet be sufficientn lystrong and rigid that it may have repeated use and long life of service.

Other objects -of the invention will be in part obvious and in partpointed out hereinafter as the description continues.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the ornament embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof. 4

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig 2 in thedirection of the arrow points, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, my ornament comprises acylindrical base consisting of a storage section I and a cover section 2both formed from cardboard. Each section consists of a cylindrical wall3 having one end closed by means of a plate 4. of each plate beingfitted within the overturned edges of the wall 3 thereby forming areinforcing bead 5. To the bead 5 of the storage section are stapled thewire legs 6. There are preferably four supporting legs and each leg hasa protective covering whereby the legs may -be used for elevating theornament upon a solid support such as a table top or they may beimbedded within a wedding cake for more rigidly support ing the ornamentthereupon. Arranged diametrically opposite upon the inner face of thecylindrical wall 3 of the storage section there are secured the nuts Iwhich receive the threaded ends of the screws 8 as a means fordetachably connecting the sections I and 2 together.

Positioned within the storage section i is a pair of ordinary ashlightbatteries 9 with the positive terminal of one battery being electricallyconnected as at I0 to the negative terminal of the other battery. Fromthe other or exposed The extremities positive terminal of Vone-"battery`extends a lead wire I I which in turn is1 connected'to the-switch I2-and another lead wire i3 extends from Ithe negative or exposed-terminal`of the fother -batteryx The 'connections between the wires and the'batteryterminals vmay beV permanent# orthey may be of the clip-on typein case the batteries need replacement.

The switch l2 is secured to the under side of the plate 4 of the coversection I having a push button I4 extending through this plate so as tobe readily accessible for the manual operation thereof. Whereas, I haveshown a switch I 2 of the push button type, any other conventionalswitch may be employed as preference or conditions may dictate.

The lead wire I3 together with the lead wire I5 are preferably of heavygauge so that as they extend through the diametrically opposite sides ofthe plate 4 of the cover section they may be formed into an arch andretain this so formed arch configuration. The opposite ends of the wiresI3 and I5 are tied or fastened together as at I5 and lead within aminiature lamp socket I'I having the lamp I8 positioned therein so thatas the switch l2 is closed, the current from the batteries 9 will causethe lamp to glow.

Secured to the outer face of the plate 4 of the cover section I is adisc I9 forming a platform for the statuette 2D being shown hereinv as adoll-size nuptial couple. This statuette is positioned directly belowthe lamp I8 and the bell-shaped transparent reflector 2| directs therays of light from the lamp directly upon this statue.

The exterior of the base and arch are richly and highly ornamental andas shown, this ornamentation is comparable with that of most bridalornaments.

The outer face of the wall 4 lof the cover section is entirely coveredwith a white satin cloth with a white satin pleated rullle 22 encirclingthe lower end thereof and another pleated rutile 23 encircling the upperend thereof. Another pleated ruffle 2 4 is fastened to the other face ofthe plate of the cover section and arranged between the platform I9 andthe rulile 23.

A satin trimming 2S covers the wires I3 and I as well as the connectionI6 of the arch and projecting inwardly from each wire I3 and I 5 are twoclusters 25 of small white flowers intermingled with other ornamentswhich, with the arch, form a bridal wreath.

This ornament as constructed, being highly ornamental. has theappearance of being fragile,

yet it is sumciently rigid and sturdy as to be used upon wedding cakes.However, after serving its intended purpose, the ornament may be removedand kept as a souvenir for a considerable length of time withoutdeteriorating or it may be used as a night light or a boudoir lamp.

By removing the screws 8 the cover section l together with the lamp,statue and all ornaments thereupon may be separated from the compartmentor storage section 2, whereby access may be gained to the batteries 9for replacing the same and after new batteries are installed the coversection can be replaced and the future use of the ornament be continuedwith.

I claim:

A self-contained and electrically illuminated bridal ornament forwedding cakes comprising a 4 secured to said base member, lead |wiresextend--` ing from said base member and formed into an arch, means forfastening the opposite ends of said lead wires, a miniature lampsuspended from said fastening means and in series with said batteriesand switch, a statuette comprising a nuptial couple positioned upon saidbase member directly below said lamp, a bell reilector for said lampreflecting the rays of light therefrom upon said statuette, bridalornaments surrounding said cover section of said base member and bridalornaments projecting inwardly from the arch towards said statuette.

A MICHELLE MARCHAND.

cylindrical base member consisting of a storageV` REFERENCES CITED Thefollowing references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number VName Date 976,587 McNair Nov. 22, 19102,027,575 Buck Jan. 14, 1936 2,083,240 Pollock June 8, 1937

